Unexpected Irish!
Unexpected English!
10/13/19
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(EP 30) We visit the House of Ireland! Plus an unexpected bonus! No transcript for the bonus at the end, but you can tap your feet to the music!
**Transcript**
OK so here I am in beautiful Balboa Park and there's this area called the... The International Cottages. The International Cottages where... well why don't you tell us? What are the international cottages? So the international cottages were formed back in 1935 and, uh, for the Worlds Fair and have been there, here since, and we have 33 different countries represented. Each country has a cottage. Right, and so we're in The House of Ireland right now, which is one of them, and... Oh! We're in the House of Ireland! That's fantastic, I dunno if you can hear the Irish music, let's try! .....Oops, there we go! That's, uh, Irish music in the house of Ireland. And we are open and every Saturday and Sunday for visitors and we typically have Irish food of various types here and the other cottages likewise have food from their countries, and we have entertainment, usually music and dance from different countries and cultures. OK so I can get some food at every one of these cottages and occasionally some entertainment. Correct, and then, uh, we do ours in March for St. Patrick's Day. OK that makes sense. Alright, so there you have it. You learned a little bit about The house of Ireland here in beautiful Balboa Park. Thanks a lot. Thank you! ............BONUS CONTENT: GAELIC!
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Crossing the Border: Tijuana - San Diego -Tijuana
October 6, 2019
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(EP 29) A story from the Mexico / USA border. We're not just for English learners! Listen, enjoy and subscribe on Spotify, Apple podcasts and everywhere!
Unexpected English brings you another spontaneous interview from the streets. Check out our past episodes for more interesting stories!
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So here I am in downtown San Diego at another restaurant talking to the hostess outside, and she told me that she lives in ... Tijuana, Mexico ... I thought it would be interesting to do a little podcast because here in San Diego we're right on the border and you're proof of that I guess? Yes sir, one of the many people that commute across two countries to go to work and live. So every day, how do you get to work? So, I leave my house at 4:40 in the morning to walk 20 minutes to a local bus station and I take the 5 AM bus that drops me off at the border at 5:30 in the morning. I do about one hour and a half wait time which it makes it about seven in the morning. Wait a minute now, they drop you off and then you have to wait an hour and a half for what? To cross the border from Mexico to United States. In the bus? No, the bus drops me off to the, umm, walking way to cross to the US. Alright, what we call La Linea, right? La linea. OK, then and from there, there's so many people it takes an hour.... an hour, an hour and a half roughly if it's during peak hours which usually are in the morning because many of us work early or have school. OK, so she's got an hour. hour and a half wait to get across the border, and then once you get across... I take the trolley, the Blue Line from the San Isidro station all the way to 12th and Imperial, which takes about 30 to 40 minutes, and then I get off. I transfer to the Green Line which takes me from 12th and Imperial to County Center and Little Italy, where I get off and I walk about five minutes to get to work. So all together the trolley time is... it depends on the day, like an hour-ish, maybe more. OK, so an hour on the trolley, an hour waiting.... (someone interrupts...) OK, well, we had a little interruption because somebody was looking for a bathroom but I think you got the idea! So that's it, thanks for listening!
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Unexpected Free Food! (advanced)
October 18, 2019
•4m
(EP 31) Free food? What?!? This is “advanced listening” but don't worry! You don't need to understand everything to answer the easy questions below. 1) How often is this event? When? 2) What does it cost? 3) What four food items are mentioned? 4) How many pounds of food are there? 5) What percent of students have “food insecurity?” Answers will be on Instagram soon, just follow UnexpectedEnglish! Use the transcript below AFTER you answer the questions! OK so here we are again at Mesa College and there's a special event going on, and I'm going to try and find out exactly what that is. Could you explain to us what's going on? Yeah hi my name is Johanna Aliman and I work with the Office of Equity and I’m the coordinator for The Stand here at Mesa College.. And so The Stand is for college students and it’s a free food pantry and professional clothing closet. Some of the additional programs we do is the event like you see here today it's the Farmer’s Market. we do it once a month, it's typically the third Thursday of every month. OK, hold up now — the third Thursday of every month you have a farmers market; and what is that exactly? OK, our Farmer’s Market is where we hand out free fresh produce and it costs nobody nothing (sic) —all they’ve got to do is sign in, and come and get as much as they can carry. So you're saying it's free food today. It is free food today! And what what kind of food are we offering? Today we are offering onions, carrots, corn and tomatoes. And about how much food do you think will move out of here today? Ah, just over 8000 to 9000 pounds. That's a lot of food! Yes, we do about 9 to 10,000 pounds a month of various produce. And why is this kind of event necessary? So, recently the Hope Lab out of Temple University conducted its third, umm, research event that included our college district on food insecurity and homelessness among college students, and found that about 18.4% of our students are homeless and about 50% of our students have some level of food insecurity. And food insecurity means that they are not able to obtain regular, healthy meals in what we would see as a normal way. OK well I think we've got it, we'll probably have to listen to it a few times to understand everything, but it's a lot of information, and good information, and thanks for your time! You're welcome, and thanks for coming out seeing us today!
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